JP5965514B1 - Assistance belt - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an assistance belt capable of assisting in getting up with a simple configuration. An assistance belt (1) has a thick cloth abutting belt portion (2) having a length substantially corresponding to a length from a shoulder to a thigh of a care recipient. Grip belt portions 3 and 4 are provided at both ends of the abutting belt portion 2 by sewing. The grip belt portion 3 is formed with finger hook portions 14A and 14B composed of two adjacent small ring portions 12 and 13, and a grip portion 16 composed of a large ring portion 15 attached to the finger hook portions 14A and 14B. . The gripping belt portion 4 is formed with gripping portions 26 and 27 including two large ring portions 24 and 25 adjacent to each other. A male-side snap button 17 as a fastener is sewn on the bottom surface side outside the grip portion 16. Female-side snap buttons 28 and 29 as fasteners are sewn on the surface of the grip portion 27 and the surface of the cloth body 18 outside the grip portion 27. [Selection] Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to an assistance belt, and more particularly to an assistance belt suitable for performing wake-up assistance for raising a person to be cared from a bed.

An increasing number of elderly people are unable to get up on their own or transfer from a bed to a wheelchair and need care. However, it is a very hard work for a caregiver to wake up from a bed while holding the caregiver or to transfer it from a bed to a wheelchair, which causes problems such as causing back pain. Conventionally, assistance aids for reducing a caregiver's burden have been proposed. This assistive device is a vest worn by the caregiver with hook-and-loop fasteners on both ends of the belt that is slanted from the shoulder to the waist on the back side of the caregiver when waking up the caregiver lying on his back on the bed. It is attached to the shoulder and waist of the back side of the child to increase the close contact between the caregiver and the cared person, and raise the cared person in conjunction with the action of raising the caregiver's upper body. This is to reduce the applied load (Patent Document 1).
However, the above-described assisting device has a drawback that a caregiver must wear a special vest.

Japanese Patent No. 4778099

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide an assistance belt capable of assisting in getting up with a simple configuration.

In invention of Claim 1,
An elongated rectangular contact belt portion (2) viewed in plan with a length substantially corresponding to the length from the shoulder to the thigh of the care recipient (B) ;
A grip portion (16, 26 or 27) provided at each of the longitudinal ends of the abutting belt portion (2) for the caregiver (A) to grip with both hands;
An assistance belt (1) comprising
Each gripping portion (16, 26 or 27) is formed in a ring shape when viewed assisted belt (1) from the side, the gripping portion of the four fingers of the hand of the little finger to the index finger (16, 26 or 27) can be gripped through the width direction of the contact belt part (2) ,
When using the assistance belt (1), the assistance belt ( 2) is placed next to the cared person (B) lying on his back on the bed (30) so that the support belt part (2) comes from the shoulder of the cared person (B) to the thigh. disposed belt (1) is, four from the care (B) caregivers from bedside opposite the assistance belt (1) relative to (a) is one hand little finger on the neck under over until forefinger Is gripped through the width direction of the abutting belt portion (2) from the near side to the far side when viewed from the caregiver (A) in the grasping portion (16) on one end side of the abutting belt portion (2). At the same time, the four fingers from the little finger of the other hand to the index finger are seen from the caregiver (A) into the grip part (26 or 27) on the other end side of the contact belt part (2). Grip it in the width direction of the contact belt part (2) from the front side to the back side, and pull both grip parts (16, 26 or 27) with both hands. When it is raised, the contact belt part (2) abuts on the back and thigh of the cared person (B) and lifts the back and thigh of the cared person (B) from the bed (30), and then the neck side of the cared person When the grip portion of the thigh is moved to the back and the grip portion on the thigh side is moved to the front, the contact belt portion (2) in contact with the cared person (B) moves the cared person (B) to the bed (30). Rotate the rod part placed on the side of the bed to the side of the bed and let it sit on the side of the bed (30) ,
It is characterized by.
In invention of Claim 2 ,
Of longitudinal gripping portion provided at both ends of those the belt section (2) (16, 26 or 27), the gripping portion of the one end side (26, 27), in the longitudinal direction of the pad belt portion (2) That there were several,
It is characterized by.

According to the present invention, the assist belt is disposed on the side of the cared person lying on his / her back on the bed so that the contact belt portion comes from the shoulder of the cared person to the thigh, and the care belt is opposed to the assist belt. From the side of the bed on the side, the caregiver goes under the neck and puts four fingers from the little finger to the index finger of one hand into the gripping part on one end side of the abutting belt part from the front side to the back side as seen from the caregiver Grip through the width direction of the abutment belt part, and look at the four fingers from the little finger to the index finger of the other hand over the lower thigh in the grasping part on the other end side of the abutment belt part from the caregiver Grab it through the width direction of the abutment belt part from the front side to the back side, pull up both grasping parts with both hands, the abutment belt part abuts on the back and thigh of the cared person and holds the back and thigh of the cared person pulled up from the bed, Wei in attitude to hip from the upper body of the caregiver with a rounded naturally To be, readily redirected to the axis rump which rests on the bed of the caregiver. In addition, it is possible to make the cared person easy to wake up by simply grasping the grip part that is easy to grasp with both hands, and it is not necessary to hold the cared person's upper body directly with both hands, greatly reducing the burden on the caregiver when helping to wake up. In addition, safe wake-up assistance is possible. In addition, since the body is supported by the contact belt portion while the care recipient is also assisted in getting up, the posture is not unreasonable and pain is hardly caused. In addition, wake-up assistance is possible with only the assistance belt, and no other special equipment is required.

It is a top view of the assistance belt which concerns on one Example of this invention (Example 1). It is a bottom view of the assistance belt of FIG. It is a side view of the assistance belt of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which hung the assistance belt on the caregiver's upper body. It is explanatory drawing of the wake-up assistance by an assistance belt. It is explanatory drawing of the wake-up assistance by an assistance belt. It is explanatory drawing of the wake-up assistance by an assistance belt. It is explanatory drawing of the wake-up assistance by an assistance belt. It is explanatory drawing of the wake-up assistance by an assistance belt. It is explanatory drawing of the wake-up assistance by an assistance belt. It is explanatory drawing of the wake-up assistance by an assistance belt. It is explanatory drawing of the transfer assistance by an assistance belt. It is explanatory drawing of the transfer assistance by an assistance belt. It is explanatory drawing of the transfer assistance by an assistance belt. It is explanatory drawing which shows the method of direction change in the vehicle by an assistance belt. It is explanatory drawing which shows the method of direction change in the vehicle by an assistance belt. It is explanatory drawing which shows the method of direction change in the vehicle by an assistance belt. It is explanatory drawing which shows the method of direction change in the vehicle by an assistance belt.

  Hereinafter, the best mode of the present invention will be described based on examples.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an assistance belt according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the assistance belt, and FIG. 3 is a side view of the assistance belt.
In these drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes an assistance belt, and 2 denotes a thick cloth contact belt portion, which has a length substantially corresponding to the length from the shoulder to the thigh of the cared person. Specifically, the width is about 4 to 7 cm and the length is about 50 to 70 cm. Reference numerals 3 and 4 denote gripping belt portions provided by sewing at both ends of the contact belt portion 2.
The gripping belt portion 3 is sewn to the left end portion of the abutting belt portion 2 by a seam 7 so that the right end portions of two thick and slender belt-like cloth bodies 5 and 6 having different lengths sandwich the abutting belt portion 2. Two cloth bodies 5, 6 are stitched together by three narrow seams 8, 9, 10 and a wide seam 11 on the outer side of the left end of the contact belt portion 2, and two adjacent small rings Finger holding portions 14A and 14B made up of portions 12 and 13 and a gripping portion 16 made up of a large ring portion 15 provided along with the finger hanging portions 14A and 14B are formed. A male-side snap button 17 as a fastener is sewn on the bottom surface side outside the grip portion 16. As will be described later, the grip 16 can also be used as a finger hook.
The grip belt portion 4 is also sewn to the right end portion of the abutting belt portion 2 by a seam 20 so that the left end portions of two thick upper and lower cloth bodies 18 and 19 having different lengths sandwich the abutting belt portion 2 between them. Two cloth bodies 18 and 19 are stitched together by three stitches 21 to 23 having a wide space outside the right end of the contact belt portion 2, and a grip portion 26 composed of two adjacent large ring portions 24 and 25. 27 is formed side by side. Female-side snap buttons 28 and 29 as fasteners are sewn on the surface of the grip portion 27 and the surface of the cloth body 18 outside the grip portion 27.

Next, a method for using the above-described assistance belt 1 will be described.
When the care belt 1 is not in use, the caregiver A hangs on the upper body and holds the male snap button 17 on the female snap button 28 or 29 (see FIG. 4). Thereby, since both hands are free, it can have other tools, such as a nursing diaper.

(1) Waking-up assistance As shown in FIG. 5, when caregiver B who lies on his / her back on bed 30 wants to sit up on the bedside, caregiver A stands outside bed 30 and takes caregiver B. The assist belt 1 is arranged along the back side. At this time, any of the grip belt portions 3 and 4 may come to the shoulder side, but FIG. 5 shows an example in which the grip belt portion 3 is arranged on the shoulder side.
Next, the caregiver A grasps the grasping portion 16 of the belt portion 3 over the neck of the care recipient B (see FIG. 6), grasps the grasping portion 26 or 27 of the belt portion 4 under the thigh, Raise the back and thigh of the caregiver B (see FIGS. 7 and 8). If the size of the body of the cared person B and the distance between both hands of the cared person A do not match, the grip part 26 or 27 is changed and gripped. In FIG. 7, the grip portion 26 is gripped, but in FIG.
When the back and thighs of the cared person B are pulled up, the abutment belt part 2 maintains the posture of the cared person B from the upper body to the waist part in a naturally rounded posture. It becomes easy to change. Therefore, the caregiver A moves the left hand grip 16 to the back while raising the back and thigh of the care receiver B, moves the right hand grip 27 to the near side, and moves the care receiver B around the waist. The care receiver B can be woken up on the side of the bed 30 by turning about 90 degrees toward the side of the bed 30 (see FIGS. 9 to 11).
In this way, the caregiver A can easily hold the care receiver B by simply grasping the grip portion 16 and 26 or 27 of the assistance belt 1 with both hands and pulling it up. It is not necessary to hold the hand directly with both hands, and the burden on the caregiver A when waking up is remarkably reduced, and safe waking up is possible. Moreover, since the body is supported by the contact belt part 2 while the care receiver B is also assisted in getting up, the posture is not excessive and pain is hardly caused.

(2) Transfer assistance When the person B is to be transferred to the wheelchair from the state of sitting on the side of the bed 30, the caregiver A puts the back of the hand on the back of the cared person B in a posture facing the cared person B Both thumbs turned around the back are hung on the finger-hanging portions 14A and 14B or the gripping portion 16 and lifted (see FIGS. 12 and 13). Although FIGS. 12 and 13 show examples in which both thumbs are hung on the gripping portion 16, they may be hung on the finger hanging portions 14A and 14B. Then, the person being assisted B is lowered and transferred to the wheelchair 40 placed beside the bed 30 (see FIG. 14).
Here, it is known that caregiver A does not easily apply force when he / she holds his / her palm on the back of cared person / B and lifts his / her hand against the back side of his hand. However, a high level of skill is required to stabilize caregiver A's own posture in the state where the hand is free without using assistive devices. In this respect, in this embodiment, the caregiver A's thumbs can be hung on the finger grips 14A and 14B or the grip 16 so that a stable posture is prepared. It can feel less burden on the body, and caregiver A can also prevent back pain.

(3) Transfer assistance from vehicle to wheelchair When caregiver A wants to transfer person B to the wheelchair placed outside from the vehicle chair, the caregiver A can move the outside of the cared person B from the outside of the opened door. Hang on the thigh from the shoulder or upper arm, apply the abutment belt portion 2, grasp the upper grip 16 over the neck or shoulder, and grasp the lower grip 26 or 27 over the lower thigh (see FIG. 15, see FIG. 15). In the following figure, the chair 50 is regarded as a vehicle chair). And, when the gripping part 26 or 27 is pulled upwards in front, the upper part of the cared person B to the upper part of the cared person B is maintained in a naturally rounded posture by the belt part 2 by using the upper part of the gripper as a shaft. , It becomes easy to change the direction around the rod part (see FIG. 16). Therefore, the caregiver A moves the grasping portion 26 or 27 to the front while pulling up the thigh of the care recipient B, so that the caregiver B is rotated about 90 degrees to the side of the chair 50 around the waist. It can be set as the seated state (refer FIG. 17, FIG. 18).
After that, it may be transferred to the wheelchair in the same manner as in FIGS.

According to this embodiment, the care belt 1 is placed beside the care receiver B who lies on his / her back on the bed 30, and the caregiver A holds the neck and thighs with both hands from the bed side opposite to the care belt 1. When gripping part 16 and 26 or 27 are pulled down and the back and thighs of cared person B are pulled up, the posture from the upper part of the cared person B to the waist is naturally rounded by the abutment belt part 2 Therefore, it becomes easy to change the direction around the rod part. Moreover, it is possible to make the care receiver B easy to wake up by simply grasping the grip portion 16 and 26 or 27 with both hands, and it is not necessary to hold the upper body of the care receiver B directly with both hands. The burden on caregiver A is significantly reduced, and safe wake-up assistance is possible. Moreover, since the body is supported by the contact belt part 2 while the care receiver B is also assisted in getting up, the posture is not excessive and pain is hardly caused. In addition, wake-up assistance can be performed with the assistance belt 1 alone, and other special equipment is not required. In addition, by providing a plurality of grip portions 26 and 27 in the longitudinal direction on at least one end side of the abutting belt portion 2, the single care belt 1 can be used for a care recipient B having a different body size.
Also, gripping both thumbs 14A and 14B or the finger-holding part with both thumbs turned to the back so that the caregiver A puts the back of the hand on the back of the cared person B in a posture facing the cared person B sitting on the bedside. By being hung on the part 16 (or 26, 27) and holding it up, the caregiver A puts a force firmly on the arm to stand the care receiver B and can be transferred to a wheelchair or the like.
In addition, when not in use, the assistance belt 1 can be held on the upper body of the caregiver A by the male snap button 17 and the female snap button 28 or 29 as a fastener, and other than care diapers etc. It is possible to have tools.
Moreover, by using the assistance belt 1, transfer from a chair in the vehicle to a wheelchair outside the door can be facilitated.
Further, by using the assistance belt 1, the caregiver A puts the back of the hand on the back of the cared person B in a posture facing the cared person B with respect to the cared person B standing up for changing clothes and the like. Both thumbs turned around the back are put on the finger-hanging portion, and caregiver A can put standing force on the arm and keep caregiver B in a stable standing posture.

  In addition, although the example which used a fastener as a snap button was given in the above-mentioned Example, it is good also as a female side surface fastener and a male side surface fastener with which the grip belt part of both sides was mounted | worn.

  The present invention can be applied to the case where it is desired to perform wake-up assistance from a bed, transfer assistance from a bed or the like to a wheelchair, etc. at a nursing care site or a medical site.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Assist belt 2 Contact belt part 14A, 14B Finger hook part 16, 26, 27 Grasp part 17 Male side snap button 28, 29 Female side snap button

Claims (2)

An elongated rectangular contact belt portion (2) viewed in plan with a length substantially corresponding to the length from the shoulder to the thigh of the care recipient (B) ;
A grip portion (16, 26 or 27) provided at each of the longitudinal ends of the abutting belt portion (2) for the caregiver (A) to grip with both hands;
An assistance belt (1) comprising
Each gripping part (16, 26 or 27) is formed in a ring shape when the assisting belt (1) is viewed from the side, and the hand belt part is applied to the gripping part (16, 26 or 27). (2) can be passed through in the width direction,
When using the assistance belt (1), the assistance belt ( 2) is placed next to the cared person (B) lying on his back on the bed (30) so that the support belt part (2) comes from the shoulder of the cared person (B) to the thigh. disposed belt (1) is, four from the care (B) caregivers from bedside opposite the assistance belt (1) relative to (a) is one hand little finger on the neck under over until forefinger Is gripped through the width direction of the abutting belt portion (2) from the near side to the far side when viewed from the caregiver (A) in the grasping portion (16) on one end side of the abutting belt portion (2). At the same time, the four fingers from the little finger of the other hand to the index finger are seen from the caregiver (A) into the grip part (26 or 27) on the other end side of the contact belt part (2). Grip it in the width direction of the contact belt part (2) from the front side to the back side, and pull both grip parts (16, 26 or 27) with both hands. When it is raised, the contact belt part (2) abuts on the back and thigh of the cared person (B) and lifts the back and thigh of the cared person (B) from the bed (30), and then the neck side of the cared person When the grip portion of the thigh is moved to the back and the grip portion on the thigh side is moved to the front, the contact belt portion (2) in contact with the cared person (B) moves the cared person (B) to the bed (30). Rotate the rod part placed on the side of the bed to the side of the bed and let it sit on the side of the bed (30) ,
Assistance belt characterized by. Among the grip portions (16, 26 or 27) provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the contact belt portion (2), a plurality of grip portions (26, 27) on one end side are provided in the longitudinal direction of the contact belt portion (2). That it was built,
The assistance belt according to claim 1.

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